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. 2021 Oct 8;12:651635. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.651635

Table 1.

Study and patient characteristics.

References Country Experimental group Control group Sample size The doses of therapy (weeks) Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
Experimental group (male/female) Control group (male/female)
Hui et al. (21) China Include trigone Exclude trigone 47 (28/19) 44 (23/21) 160 U detrusor + 40 U trigone 200 U detrusor At least 18 years old with various neurogenic disorders; urodynamic DO with urinary incontinence; an inadequate response or intolerance to oral anticholinergic drugs; participants or their caregiver could perform clean intermittent catheterization. An allergy to BoNT-A; women were pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant during the course of the trial; acute urinary tract infection.
El-Hefnawy et al. (20) Egypt Include trigone Exclude trigone 51 (9/42) 52 (12/40) 100 U at 20 sites onto detrusor and trigone 100 U at 20 sites onto detrusor All patients had been refractory to treatment with antimuscarinics for 2 months. Age <18 years old; neurogenic DO; evidence of obstructed urinary flow in absence of prolapse; mixed urinary incontinence; associated urethral pathology; associated bladder pathology; active UTI as evidenced by positive urine culture; and previous intravesical Botox injection.
Huang et al. (22) China Include trigone Exclude trigone 41 (17/24) 39 (13/26) 160 U detrusor + 40 U trigone 200 U detrusor Presence of DO and DESD; and inadequate response or intolerance to oral anti-muscarinic agent or spasmolytic agents, skeletal muscle relaxant and alpha blockers. Allergy to BoNT-A; coagulopathy disease and myasthenia gravis; acute urinary tract infection; other causes of bladder outlet obstruction; and previous sphincterotomy.
Kuo (23) China Include trigone Exclude trigone 68 (31/37) 37 (17/20) 75 U detrusor + 25 U trigone 100 U detrusor Aged 18 years or more, with urodynamic DO and at least one episode of urgency or UUI per day as recorded in the 7-day voiding diary. Neurogenic bladder, urodynamic ally confirmed bladder outlet obstruction, prior pelvic surgery, anti-incontinence surgery, or urinary tract infection.
Manecksha et al. (24) Ireland Include trigone Exclude trigone 11 (1/10) 11 (2/9) 25 U at 15 sites onto detrusor and 5 sites onto trigone 25 U at 20 sites onto detrusor Aged ≥17 yr with urodynamic-confirmed detrusor overactivity, who had failed ≥6 wk anticholinergic therapy or discontinued therapy due to intolerability Infection and pregnancy; Patients previously injected with BoNT-A; Patients with any neurologic condition or coagulopathies; as were men with clinical or urodynamic evidence of bladder outflow obstruction.
Abdel-Meguid (25) Egypt Include trigone Exclude trigone 18 (17/1) 18 (17/1) 200 U detrusor + 100 U trigone 300 U detrusor Adults with SCI, neurogenic urinary incontinence and NDO refractory to anticholinergic medications Patients who refused CIC or refused to discontinue anticholinergics, those who received previous BoNT-A bladder injections and those with uncontrolled urinary tract infection

DO, detrusor overactivity; BoNT-A, botulinum toxin A; UTI, urinary tract infection; DESD, detrusor external sphincter dyssynergia; SCI, spinal cord injury; NDO, neurogenic detrusor overactivity; CIC, clean intermittent catheterization.